Happens every time.

Good thing it is so cheap to raise children. They hardly ever need new clothes or medicine or food.

MacG: Good thing it is so cheap to raise children. They hardly ever need new clothes or medicine or food.

True, but since when did that ever stop people from doing it? When times are tough you want family around you.

Just watch, in nine months there will be a baby boom again.

The rich, smart, and successful can afford to go out.

MacG: Good thing it is so cheap to raise children. They hardly ever need new clothes or medicine or food.

What is this "paying for children's medicine" you talk about?

Is there some country in the Western world that doesn't provide free healthcare for its children?

Chariset: Snopes. Has. Debunked. This.

Population boomlets happen all the time, and few if any can be directly linked to major events exactly nine months prior. Most of the ones that can are roughly nine months after a special holiday (Christmas Eve, Valentine's Day)

Particularly cold winters, and returning from overseas service.

Funny, the wife and I talked last night about having our second. I think she is going off the pill next month. If course, I pointed out that having a child would require us to have sex...

Wow, so the human foetus only needs to gestate for what? 1 month now? Amazing.

Your cable television is experiencing difficulties. Please do not panic. Resist the temptation to read or talk to loved ones. Do not attempt sexual relations, as years of TV radiation have left your genitals withered and useless.

2 weeks of economic meltdown and babies made from it are already popping out?

post hoc, ergo propter hoc

betasp: I pointed out that having a child would require us to have sex...

Sometimes I think my wife would rather use a turkey baster.

End result is still crotch fruit.

/Marriage is the ultimate bait and switch
//The farkers that are married and want to boast about sex five times a day, keep it to yourselves; no one believes you.
///not bitter
////REALLY

Losing a job or a ton of money...conception guaranteed 100%

Angostura: Wow, so the human foetus only needs to gestate for what? 1 month now? Amazing.

Length of gestation rises and falls with the market.

Unexpected consequence of economic meltdown: Sales of maternity clothes and baby items soar

This month we have an economic meltdown, so 9 months ago everyone decided to have sex in preparation? Makes perfect sense.

BigBooper:
/Marriage is the ultimate bait and switch
//The farkers that are married and want to boast about sex five times a dayyear or more, keep it to yourselves; no one believes you.
///not bitter
////REALLY

//ftfm

Bathia_Mapes: Are condoms that expensive?

Oral and anal are cheaper.

betasp: Funny, the wife and I talked last night about having our second. I think she is going off the pill next month. If course, I pointed out that having a child would require us to have sex...

Step 1: Get a vasectomy secretly
Step 2: Continue "trying" to have a child
Step 3: Profit (sexually)

moralpanic: 2 weeks of economic meltdown and babies made from it are already popping out?

It's the market fix we've all heard about... we're breeding a new generation of go-getters. They're just that good.

Maybe with people finally learning how to live without relying on possessions for happiness, marriages won't be so short. Who am I kidding. Marriages are crap now because women want a partner, not a husband.


/We're not created equal
//Get over it

betasp: Funny, the wife and I talked last night about having our second. I think she is going off the pill next month. If course, I pointed out that having a child would require us to have sex...

This is the major stumbling block in our household as well. And here I thought she got the new turkey baster for Thanksgiving.

LOL! *sigh*

BigBooper: Sometimes I think my wife would rather use a turkey baster.

Yeah. It's all her fault.

Dumbfark.

tuxq

/We're not created equal, but different
//Get over it

FTFY

BigBooper: betasp: I pointed out that having a child would require us to have sex...

Sometimes I think my wife would rather use a turkey baster.

End result is still crotch fruit.

/Marriage is the ultimate bait and switch
//The farkers that are married and want to boast about sex five times a day, keep it to yourselves; no one believes you.
///not bitter
////REALLY

RustNeverSleeps:

This is the major stumbling block in our household as well. And here I thought she got the new turkey baster for Thanksgiving.

LOL! *sigh*



Great minds think alike I guess... and I should read the posts before commenting.

Shatner's Bassoon: Unexpected consequence of economic meltdown: Sales of maternity clothes and baby items soar

This month we have an economic meltdown, so 9 months ago everyone decided to have sex in preparation? Makes perfect sense.

just to point this out : Lots of young couples ( the ones that are most fertile) probably decided in the last 5 years to start having kids since they could finally afford a 'home'.

/stop moving the goalposts!

PS _ I heard a very ... optimistic.. take on the whole government intervention thing. With the stock injection mdel , as soon as the government takes over these banks briefly, and with teh insurers on their side, they can actually do the most impossible thing ;

In a classic mortgage, he pointed out, the lender and the borrrower might re-negotiate the terms of the loan if it looked like the terms were creating an unviable failure situation. The way that CDOs are structured, no holder on the lender side DARE renegotiate because they're not the owner, leaving themselves open for lawsuits.

if the fedgov controls 90% of the options in the game It can effectively 'force' the investors to take a more sane deal instead of allowing them to drive the thing ito the ground. It CAN open the CDOs and Un-bundle, renegotiate, and repackage them. The Investors will probably get their principal back at least, and may make a VERY SMALL profit.

It does sound a bit like triple-bypass surgery ... in 1850

Starryeyes: i think they're just farking because they're more depressed, and it's either that or do drugs.

Given the two, I'll take the drugs. It's not that I don't love sex. But I can handle a dry spell. What I refuse to handle is sobriety.

/only half-kidding

Gotta call bravo sierra on this one. While I don't doubt it's possible, this sure smells like a case of "we don't have economic meltdown story to run today, let's create one."

tuxq: Maybe with people finally learning how to live without relying on possessions for happiness, marriages won't be so short. Who am I kidding. Marriages are crap now because women want a partner, not a husband.


/We're not created equal
//Get over it

And what lucky lady is married to you?

Transpogue: tuxq: Maybe with people finally learning how to live without relying on possessions for happiness, marriages won't be so short. Who am I kidding. Marriages are crap now because women want a partner, not a husband.


/We're not created equal
//Get over it

And what lucky lady is married to you?

I'm still a little bitter over the breakup.

It's the Muslims ! Did you know Muhammed was second the most popular name for male babies in 2007 ?

itsfullofstars: Gotta call bravo sierra on this one. While I don't doubt it's possible, this sure smells like a case of "we don't have economic meltdown story to run today, let's create one."

I know my first point of call for serious socio-economic commentary is the Daily Star.

Not news. This has happens with every economic turndown.

Lots of Daily Star links of late. I can't bring myself to click on them. The proper place for The Star is on the dashboard of a Ford Transit next to the Ginsters pasties wrappers and empty packets of Lambert & Butler.

st.theresa: BigBooper: Sometimes I think my wife would rather use a turkey baster.

Yeah. It's all her fault.

Dumbfark.

Yes, yes it is. Thank you for being so understanding.

betasp: Funny, the wife and I talked last night about having our second. I think she is going off the pill next month. If course, I pointed out that having a child would require us to have sex...

That's always the deal breaker. It's a wonder we haven't gone extinct as a species yet.

when france introduced its 35 hour work week (and thus couples had more time at home), the same thing happened (new window)

Unexpected or Unforeseen?




/hotlinked
//for your enjoyment

I took a predictable economics and sociology class in HS, and one of the things the teacher said to us has always stuck with me.

"Poor people use sex as recreation, because that is all they can afford." Plus, one of the causations of poverty is never to look at long term consequences of your actions.

More likely the stress is triggering an evolutionary response developed to increase the chance of propagating one's genes in an uncertain environment.

Subby has it all wrong. It has nothing to do with the economic meltdown. It is because of the Volkswagen Routan.

When I taught at a small private school in the Dominican Republic in the '90s, we noticed the "post-Christmas, Valentine's Day, etc." birthdays surge.

There were also two fouth grade classes, and only one for first, second, third, fifth and sixth. When I asked about this, I was told that about 10 years before, the government tried to deregulate utilities, and there had been a year with frequent and long-term electricity shortages, leading to more babies.

Evil Twin Skippy: Not news. This has happens with every economic turndown.

Meh. This is some sort of a wimpy loser downturn. During a real downturn you have to get your maternity clothes from your sister-in-law or Goodwill or something.

/The '70s sneer at your so-called "downturn." Now go away or we shall sneer at you again.

maybe more people finished with this stuff are selling it because of the lousy economy instead of giving it away. so people looking now have to pay for used stuff or decide to buy new.

LordImpaler:

Step 1: Get a vasectomy secretly
Step 2: Continue "trying" to have a child
Step 3: Profit (sexually)

Ah, it's not that easy, getting a vasectomy takes about 2 weeks to "fully" recover. In that time you constantly feel as you've been kicked in the groin with steel toed boots and you go around walking like a 90 year old man.

/But it IS SOOOOOO Worth it!!!!!

Farker #1: My wife is disinterested in sex. She baited and switched after the wedding.

Farker #2: That's your fault for not figuring out how to turn her on. She's probably banging someone else.

Farker #1: Wharrgarrbl.

This is not the first time we've had this conversation. I think the truth lies somewhere in between. Many American women have a complex about being overtly sexual in a marriage setting, because of stereotypes inherited from their parents, movies, etc. This emasculates their husband and puts him in the confusing role of a non-sexual emotional supporter, who is gently scolded for his seduction efforts.

Those men who don't submit to this emasculation will either overcome the woman's defenses (by winning her over) or leave to find greener pastures.

The question is, why do those defenses exist in the first place, and why are they so difficult to overcome? And the answer is, it's partly women's natural selection instinct, to weed out the lower-value males who give up easily. It's also partly their conditioning through religion, or American society (which still has strong Puritanical undercurrents) or parental (e.g. Daddy) issues in their psychology.

It's also that many guys don't understand the psychology of women and how to connect with them. Many men are living out a masculine stereotype (gleaned from their fathers and popular media), and suppressing their own perceived weaknesses. This is detrimental to connecting emotionally with a wife, so she may close the doors in response.

jaymanchu:

Ah, it's not that easy, getting a vasectomy takes about 2 weeks to "fully" recover. In that time you constantly feel as you've been kicked in the groin with steel toed boots and you go around walking like a 90 year old man.

/But it IS SOOOOOO Worth it!!!!!

Agree with everything said above because I've lived it.

TreeHugger: Farker #1: My wife is disinterested in sex. She baited and switched after the wedding.

Farker #2: That's your fault for not figuring out how to turn her on. She's probably banging someone else.

Farker #1: Wharrgarrbl.

This is not the first time we've had this conversation. I think the truth lies somewhere in between. Many American women have a complex about being overtly sexual in a marriage setting, because of stereotypes inherited from their parents, movies, etc. This emasculates their husband and puts him in the confusing role of a non-sexual emotional supporter, who is gently scolded for his seduction efforts.

Those men who don't submit to this emasculation will either overcome the woman's defenses (by winning her over) or leave to find greener pastures.

The question is, why do those defenses exist in the first place, and why are they so difficult to overcome? And the answer is, it's partly women's natural selection instinct, to weed out the lower-value males who give up easily. It's also partly their conditioning through religion, or American society (which still has strong Puritanical undercurrents) or parental (e.g. Daddy) issues in their psychology.

It's also that many guys don't understand the psychology of women and how to connect with them. Many men are living out a masculine stereotype (gleaned from their fathers and popular media), and suppressing their own perceived weaknesses. This is detrimental to connecting emotionally with a wife, so she may close the doors in response.

It's no wonder you're hugging trees.